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Follow the Scripture readings for Sundays of the Year. Read and reflect on them as part of your daily prayer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Select Month:<\/strong> January<\/a><\/strong> \/ February<\/strong><\/a> \/ March<\/strong><\/a> \/ April<\/strong><\/a> \/ May<\/strong><\/a> \/ June<\/strong><\/a> \/ July<\/strong><\/a> \/ August<\/strong><\/a> \/ September<\/strong><\/a> \/ October<\/strong><\/a> \/ November<\/strong><\/a> \/ December<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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August 2025  – Year C<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n

Sunday 3rd August 2025 – 18th Sunday of the Year<\/a>
Sunday 10th August 2025 – 19th Sunday of the Year<\/a>
Sunday 17th August 2025 – 20th Sunday of the Year<\/a>
Sunday 24th August 2025 – 21st Sunday of the Year<\/a>
Sunday 31st August 2025 – 22nd Sunday of the Year<\/a>
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Sunday 3rd August 2025 – 18th Sunday of the Year <\/b><\/p> \n\n

18th Sunday of the Year<\/p>\n\n \n

A reading from the Book of Ecclesiastes 1:2,2:21-23 <\/b><\/font color>
\n\n Vanity of vanities; all is vanity <\/i> <\/p> \n\n

Vanity of vanities, the Preacher says. Vanity of vanities. All is vanity!
\nFor so it is that a man who has laboured wisely, skilfully and successfully must leave what is his own to someone who has not toiled for it at all. This, too, is vanity and great injustice; for what does he gain for all the toil and strain that he has undergone under the sun? What of all his laborious days, his cares of office, his restless nights? This, too, is vanity. <\/p> \n\n\n

\nPsalm: 89(90):3-6, 12-14, 17
<\/font color> <\/b> \n\nYou turn men back to dust
\nand say: \u2018Go back, sons of men.\u2019
\nTo your eyes a thousand years
\nare like yesterday, come and gone,
\nno more than a watch in the night. <\/p> \n\n

You sweep men away like a dream,
\nlike the grass which springs up in the morning.
\nIn the morning it springs up and flowers:
\nby evening it withers and fades. <\/p> \n\n

Make us know the shortness of our life
\nthat we may gain wisdom of heart.
\nLord, relent! Is your anger for ever?
\nShow pity to your servants. <\/p> \n\n

In the morning, fill us with your love;
\nwe shall exult and rejoice all our days.
\nLet the favour of the Lord be upon us:
\ngive success to the work of our hands. <\/p> \n\n

\nA reading from the Letter of St Paul to the Colossians 3:1-5,9-11
<\/font color> <\/b> \n\n You must look for the things that are in heaven, where Christ is <\/i> <\/p> \n\n

Since you have been brought back to true life with Christ, you must look for the things that are in heaven, where Christ is, sitting at God\u2019s right hand. Let your thoughts be on heavenly things, not on the things that are on the earth, because you have died, and now the life you have is hidden with Christ in God. But when Christ is revealed \u2013 and he is your life \u2013 you too will be revealed in all your glory with him.
\nThat is why you must kill everything in you that belongs only to earthly life: fornication, impurity, guilty passion, evil desires and especially greed, which is the same thing as worshipping a false god; and never tell each other lies. You have stripped off your old behaviour with your old self, and you have put on a new self which will progress towards true knowledge the more it is renewed in the image of its creator; and in that image there is no room for distinction between Greek and Jew, between the circumcised or the uncircumcised, or between barbarian and Scythian, slave and free man. There is only Christ: he is everything and he is in everything. <\/p> \n\n

\nA reading from the Gospel of St Luke 12:13-21
<\/font color> <\/b> \n\n Fool! This very night your soul will be demanded of you <\/i> <\/p> \n\n

A man in the crowd said to Jesus, \u2018Master, tell my brother to give me a share of our inheritance.\u2019 \u2018My friend,\u2019 he replied, \u2018who appointed me your judge, or the arbitrator of your claims?\u2019 Then he said to them, \u2018Watch, and be on your guard against avarice of any kind, for a man\u2019s life is not made secure by what he owns, even when he has more than he needs.\u2019
\nThen he told them a parable: \u2018There was once a rich man who, having had a good harvest from his land, thought to himself, \u201cWhat am I to do? I have not enough room to store my crops.\u201d Then he said, \u201cThis is what I will do: I will pull down my barns and build bigger ones, and store all my grain and my goods in them, and I will say to my soul: My soul, you have plenty of good things laid by for many years to come; take things easy, eat, drink, have a good time.\u201d But God said to him, \u201cFool! This very night the demand will be made for your soul; and this hoard of yours, whose will it be then?\u201d So it is when a man stores up treasure for himself in place of making himself rich in the sight of God.\u2019 <\/p>
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Sunday 10th August 2025 – 19th Sunday of the Year<\/b><\/p>\n\n

19th Sunday of the Year<\/p> \n\n \n

A reading from the Book of Wisdom 18:6-9 <\/b> <\/font color>
\n\n You made us glorious by calling us to you <\/i> <\/p> \n\n

That night had been foretold to our ancestors, so that,
\nonce they saw what kind of oaths they had put their trust in,
\nthey would joyfully take courage.
\nThis was the expectation of your people,
\nthe saving of the virtuous and the ruin of their enemies;
\nfor by the same act with which you took vengeance on our foes
\nyou made us glorious by calling us to you.
\nThe devout children of worthy men offered sacrifice in secret
\nand this divine pact they struck with one accord:
\nthat the saints would share the same blessings and dangers alike;
\nand forthwith they had begun to chant the hymns of the fathers. <\/p> \n\n\n

\nPsalm: 32(33):1, 12, 18-20, 22
<\/font color> <\/b> \n\nRing out your joy to the Lord, O you just;
\nfor praise is fitting for loyal hearts.
\nThey are happy, whose God is the Lord,
\nthe people he has chosen as his own. <\/p> \n\n

The Lord looks on those who revere him,
\non those who hope in his love,
\nto rescue their souls from death,
\nto keep them alive in famine. <\/p> \n\n

Our soul is waiting for the Lord.
\nThe Lord is our help and our shield.
\nMay your love be upon us, O Lord,
\nas we place all our hope in you. <\/p> \n\n

\nA reading from the Letter to the Hebrews 11:1-2, 8-19
<\/font color> <\/b> \n\n Abraham looked forward to a city founded, designed and built by God <\/i> <\/p> \n\n

Only faith can guarantee the blessings that we hope for, or prove the existence of the realities that at present remain unseen. It was for faith that our ancestors were commended.
\nIt was by faith that Abraham obeyed the call to set out for a country that was the inheritance given to him and his descendants, and that he set out without knowing where he was going. By faith he arrived, as a foreigner, in the Promised Land, and lived there as if in a strange country, with Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise. They lived there in tents while he looked forward to a city founded, designed and built by God.
\nIt was equally by faith that Sarah, in spite of being past the age, was made able to conceive, because she believed that he who had made the promise would be faithful to it. Because of this, there came from one man, and one who was already as good as dead himself, more descendants than could be counted, as many as the stars of heaven or the grains of sand on the seashore.
\nAll these died in faith, before receiving any of the things that had been promised, but they saw them in the far distance and welcomed them, recognising that they were only strangers and nomads on earth. People who use such terms about themselves make it quite plain that they are in search of their real homeland. They can hardly have meant the country they came from, since they had the opportunity to go back to it; but in fact they were longing for a better homeland, their heavenly homeland. That is why God is not ashamed to be called their God, since he has founded the city for them.
\nIt was by faith that Abraham, when put to the test, offered up Isaac. He offered to sacrifice his only son even though the promises had been made to him and he had been told: It is through Isaac that your name will be carried on. He was confident that God had the power even to raise the dead; and so, figuratively speaking, he was given back Isaac from the dead. <\/p> \n\n

\nA reading from the Gospel of St Luke 12:32-48
<\/font color> <\/b> \n\n You too must stand ready <\/i> <\/p> \n\n

Jesus said to his disciples: \u2018There is no need to be afraid, little flock, for it has pleased your Father to give you the kingdom.
\n\u2018Sell your possessions and give alms. Get yourselves purses that do not wear out, treasure that will not fail you, in heaven where no thief can reach it and no moth destroy it. For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
\n\u2018See that you are dressed for action and have your lamps lit. Be like men waiting for their master to return from the wedding feast, ready to open the door as soon as he comes and knocks. Happy those servants whom the master finds awake when he comes. I tell you solemnly, he will put on an apron, sit them down at table and wait on them. It may be in the second watch he comes, or in the third, but happy those servants if he finds them ready. You may be quite sure of this, that if the householder had known at what hour the burglar would come, he would not have let anyone break through the wall of his house. You too must stand ready, because the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.\u2019
\nPeter said, \u2018Lord, do you mean this parable for us, or for everyone?\u2019 The Lord replied, \u2018What sort of steward, then, is faithful and wise enough for the master to place him over his household to give them their allowance of food at the proper time? Happy that servant if his master\u2019s arrival finds him at this employment. I tell you truly, he will place him over everything he owns. But as for the servant who says to himself, \u201cMy master is taking his time coming,\u201d and sets about beating the menservants and the maids, and eating and drinking and getting drunk, his master will come on a day he does not expect and at an hour he does not know. The master will cut him off and send him to the same fate as the unfaithful.
\nThe servant who knows what his master wants, but has not even started to carry out those wishes, will receive very many strokes of the lash. The one who did not know, but deserves to be beaten for what he has done, will receive fewer strokes. When a man has had a great deal given him, a great deal will be demanded of him; when a man has had a great deal given him on trust, even more will be expected of him.\u2019 <\/p>
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20th Sunday of the Year<\/p> \n\n \n

A reading from the Prophet Jeremiah 38:4-6,8-10 <\/b> <\/font color>
\n\n ‘Do not let the prophet die’ <\/i> <\/p> \n\n

The king\u2019s leading men spoke to the king. \u2018Let Jeremiah be put to death: he is unquestionably disheartening the remaining soldiers in the city, and all the people too, by talking like this. The fellow does not have the welfare of this people at heart so much as its ruin.\u2019 \u2018He is in your hands as you know,\u2019 King Zedekiah answered \u2018for the king is powerless against you.\u2019 So they took Jeremiah and threw him into the well of Prince Malchiah in the Court of the Guard, letting him down with ropes. There was no water in the well, only mud, and into the mud Jeremiah sank.
\nEbed-melech came out from the palace and spoke to the king. \u2018My lord king,\u2019 he said \u2018these men have done a wicked thing by treating the prophet Jeremiah like this: they have thrown him into the well, where he will die.\u2019 At this the king gave Ebed-melech the Cushite the following order: \u2018Take three men with you from here and pull the prophet Jeremiah out of the well before he dies.\u2019 <\/p> \n\n\n

\nPsalm: 39(40):2-4, 18 <\/font color>
<\/b> \n\nI waited, I waited for the Lord
\nand he stooped down to me;
\nhe heard my cry. <\/p> \n\n

He drew me from the deadly pit,
\nfrom the miry clay.
\nHe set my feet upon a rock
\nand made my footsteps firm. <\/p> \n\n

He put a new song into my mouth,
\npraise of our God.
\nMany shall see and fear
\nand shall trust in the Lord. <\/p> \n\n

As for me, wretched and poor,
\nthe Lord thinks of me.
\nYou are my rescuer, my help,
\nO God, do not delay. <\/p> \n\n

\nA reading from the Letter to the Hebrews 12:1-4 <\/font color>
<\/b> \n\n We should keep running steadily in the race we have started <\/i> <\/p> \n\n

With so many witnesses in a great cloud on every side of us, we too, then, should throw off everything that hinders us, especially the sin that clings so easily, and keep running steadily in the race we have started. Let us not lose sight of Jesus, who leads us in our faith and brings it to perfection: for the sake of the joy which was still in the future, he endured the cross, disregarding the shamefulness of it, and from now on has taken his place at the right of God\u2019s throne. Think of the way he stood such opposition from sinners and then you will not give up for want of courage. In the fight against sin, you have not yet had to keep fighting to the point of death. <\/p> \n\n

\nA reading from the Gospel of St Luke 12:49-53 <\/font color>
<\/b> \n\n How I wish it were blazing already! <\/i> <\/p> \n\n

Jesus said to his disciples: \u2018I have come to bring fire to the earth, and how I wish it were blazing already! There is a baptism I must still receive, and how great is my distress till it is over!
\n\u2018Do you suppose that I am here to bring peace on earth? No, I tell you, but rather division. For from now on a household of five will be divided: three against two and two against three; the father divided against the son, son against father, mother against daughter, daughter against mother, mother-in-law against daughter-in-law, daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.\u2019 <\/p>
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Sunday 24th August 2025 – 21st Sunday of the Year<\/b><\/p> \n\n

21st Sunday of the Year<\/p>\n\n \n

A reading from the Prophet Isaiah 66:18-21 <\/b> <\/font color>
\n\n They will bring all your brothers from all the nations <\/i> <\/p> \n\n

The Lord says this: I am coming to gather the nations of every language. They shall come to witness my glory. I will give them a sign and send some of their survivors to the nations: to Tarshish, Put, Lud, Moshech, Rosh, Tubal, and Javan, to the distant islands that have never heard of me or seen my glory. They will proclaim my glory to the nations. As an offering to the Lord they will bring all your brothers, on horses, in chariots, in litters, on mules, on dromedaries, from all the nations to my holy mountain in Jerusalem, says the Lord, like Israelites bringing oblations in clean vessels to the Temple of the Lord. And of some of them I will make priests and Levites, says the Lord. <\/p> \n\n\n

\nPsalm: 116(117)
<\/font color> <\/b> \n\nO praise the Lord, all you nations,
\nacclaim him all you peoples! <\/p> \n\n

Strong is his love for us;
\nhe is faithful for ever. <\/p> \n\n

\nA reading from the Letter to the Hebrews 12:5-7, 11-13 <\/font color>
<\/b> \n\n The Lord trains the one he loves <\/i> <\/p> \n\n

Have you forgotten that encouraging text in which you are addressed as sons? My son, when the Lord corrects you, do not treat it lightly; but do not get discouraged when he reprimands you. For the Lord trains the ones that he loves and he punishes all those that he acknowledges as his sons. Suffering is part of your training; God is treating you as his sons. Has there ever been any son whose father did not train him? Of course, any punishment is most painful at the time, and far from pleasant; but later, in those on whom it has been used, it bears fruit in peace and goodness. So hold up your limp arms and steady your trembling knees and smooth out the path you tread; then the injured limb will not be wrenched, it will grow strong again. <\/p> \n\n

\nA reading from the Gospel of St Luke 13:22-30 <\/font color>
<\/b> \n\n The last shall be first and the first last <\/i> <\/p> \n\n

Through towns and villages Jesus went teaching, making his way to Jerusalem. Someone said to him, \u2018Sir, will there be only a few saved?\u2019 He said to them, \u2018Try your best to enter by the narrow door, because, I tell you, many will try to enter and will not succeed.
\n\u2018Once the master of the house has got up and locked the door, you may find yourself knocking on the door, saying, \u201cLord, open to us\u201d but he will answer, \u201cI do not know where you come from.\u201d Then you will find yourself saying, \u201cWe once ate and drank in your company; you taught in our streets\u201d but he will reply, \u201cI do not know where you come from. Away from me, all you wicked men!\u201d
\n\u2018Then there will be weeping and grinding of teeth, when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, and yourselves turned outside. And men from east and west, from north and south, will come to take their places at the feast in the kingdom of God.
\n\u2018Yes, there are those now last who will be first, and those now first who will be last.\u2019 <\/p>
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Sunday 31st August 2025 – 22nd Sunday of the Year<\/b><\/p> \n\n

22nd Sunday of the Year<\/p>\n\n \n

A reading from the Book of Ecclesiasticus 3:17-20, 28\u201329 <\/b> <\/font color>
\n\n Behave humbly, and you will find favour with the Lord <\/i> <\/p> \n\n

My son, be gentle in carrying out your business,
\nand you will be better loved than a lavish giver.
\nThe greater you are, the more you should behave humbly,
\nand then you will find favour with the Lord;
\nfor great though the power of the Lord is,
\nhe accepts the homage of the humble.
\nThere is no cure for the proud man\u2019s malady,
\nsince an evil growth has taken root in him.
\nThe heart of a sensible man will reflect on parables,
\nan attentive ear is the sage\u2019s dream. <\/p> \n\n\n

\nPsalm: 67(68):4-7, 10-11 <\/font color>
<\/b> \n\nO praise the Lord, all you nations,
\nacclaim him all you peoples! <\/p> \n\n

The just shall rejoice at the presence of God,
\nthey shall exult and dance for joy.
\nO sing to the Lord, make music to his name;
\nrejoice in the Lord, exult at his presence. <\/p> \n\n

Father of the orphan, defender of the widow,
\nsuch is God in his holy place.
\nGod gives the lonely a home to live in;
\nhe leads the prisoners forth into freedom: <\/p> \n\n

You poured down, O God, a generous rain:
\nwhen your people were starved you gave them new life.
\nIt was there that your people found a home,
\nprepared in your goodness, O God, for the poor. <\/p> \n\n

\nA reading from the Letter to the Hebrews 12:18-19, 22-24a <\/font color>
<\/b> \n\n You have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God <\/i> <\/p> \n\n

What you have come to is nothing known to the senses: not a blazing fire, or a gloom turning to total darkness, or a storm; or trumpeting thunder or the great voice speaking which made everyone that heard it beg that no more should be said to them. But what you have come to is Mount Zion and the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem where the millions of angels have gathered for the festival, with the whole Church in which everyone is a \u2018first-born son\u2019 and a citizen of heaven. You have come to God himself, the supreme Judge, and been placed with spirits of the saints who have been made perfect; and to Jesus, the mediator who brings a new covenant. <\/p> \n\n

\nA reading from the Gospel of St Luke 14:1, 7-14 <\/font color>
<\/b> \n\n Everyone who exalts himself shall be humbled <\/i> <\/p> \n\n

On a sabbath day Jesus had gone for a meal to the house of one of the leading Pharisees; and they watched him closely. He then told the guests a parable, because he had noticed how they picked the places of honour. He said this, \u2018When someone invites you to a wedding feast, do not take your seat in the place of honour. A more distinguished person than you may have been invited, and the person who invited you both may come and say, \u201cGive up your place to this man.\u201d And then, to your embarrassment, you would have to go and take the lowest place. No; when you are a guest, make your way to the lowest place and sit there, so that, when your host comes, he may say, \u201cMy friend, move up higher.\u201d In that way, everyone with you at the table will see you honoured. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and the man who humbles himself will be exalted.\u2019
\nThen he said to his host, \u2018When you give a lunch or a dinner, do not ask your friends, brothers, relations or rich neighbours, for fear they repay your courtesy by inviting you in return. No; when you have a party, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind; that they cannot pay you back means that you are fortunate, because repayment will be made to you when the virtuous rise again.\u2019 <\/p>
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\nExcerpt from THE GRAIL PSALMS, with permission of A P Watt at United Agents on behalf of The Grail, England. Copyright \u00a9 1963 by The Grail, England.
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